Football Benchmark, a football statistics website that offers in-depth insight and analysis of the business of football, and the market prices of thousands of footballers, has put Victor Osimhen among the top five most expensive players in the Italian Serie A.
According to the Naples-based daily newspaper Il Mattino, the Nigeria international is the fourth most expensive player in the Italian top flight, costing €80 million (about N38.1 billion).
AC Milan's Portugal World Cup hero Rafael Leo is valued at €90 million, followed by Inter Milan talents Nicol Barella (€83 million) and 2022 World Cup winner Lautaro Martnez (€81.5 million).
Theo Hernandez (€79 million) of AC Milan's France national team rounds out the top five. He began the World Cup final against Argentina on December 18.
Osimhen’s stock is €12.5m more than last September, when the season had just begun, going up from €67.5m to €80m, which is the most increase by any player in the list.
The 2015 U17 World Cup winner has seen his stock rise after impressive performances for Napoli this season with nine goals in eleven appearances to lead the scoring chart in Italy.
Osimhen has two and a half years left on his contract with Napoli, whom he joined from Lille in 2020 for a club record fee of 70 million euros.
